Brownstone Tavern & Grill

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 15, 2026
• address3937 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Brownstone Tavern & Grill clean?

Brownstone Tavern & Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Brownstone Tavern & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED CHICKEN AT 46F, HUMMUS AT 45F, ROASTED CORN AT 46F, AND BLACK BEANS AT 59F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • OBSERVED THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 46F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE TCS FOODS SUCH AS MEATS AND CHEESES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKETS INSIDE OF THE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • CLEAN THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK AT THE BAR NEXT TO THE BEER TAPS AND THE SODA GUN HOLDER AND DRAIN.

When was Brownstone Tavern & Grill last inspected?

Brownstone Tavern & Grill has 28 inspections on record going back to July 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Brownstone Tavern & Grill vs North Center

North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.

Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

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  clean · August 15, 2017
• ✓ Western Bar & Kitchen
  clean · September 15, 2025
• ✓! Clybourn Market
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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.